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Robotic explorer takes on Arctic mission

An underwater robotic vehicle will go on an Arctic research mission deemed too dangerous for humans in a bid to help scientists understand the...

Vladimir Rusanov LNG carrier starts NSR 2019 season with record passage

PAO NOVATEK announced today that the Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker “Vladimir Rusanov” completed the Northern Sea Route (“NSR”) passage via the Eastern direction, and...

Inmarsat Introduced a Global Mobile Broadband Service in Arctic Region

The world leader in global mobile satellite communications introduced two new satellite payloads dedicated to the Arctic region in a partnership with Space Norway and its subsidiary Space Norway HEOSAT.

Maersk Explores Arctic Shipping Route with Russia

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Friday it is in talks with Russia's state-owned icebreaker operator to send more goods via the Arctic

Norway: New rules for passenger ships in Svalbard

The Norwegian government introduced new rules for passenger ships in Svalbard, in the Arctic Ocean

Sovcomflot chooses Maritime VSAT solution from Orange Business Services for its Arctic fleet

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot has chosen Orange Business Services to deploy an advanced Maritime VSAT solution on eight vessels.

Russia Launches Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

Russia's nuclear energy agency, Rosatom launched the nuclear-powered ice breaker Ural

IAATO votes new measures to protect whales

IAATO voted measures into effect in order to reduce the incidence of tourist ships striking whales around the Antarctic Peninsula

Study Finds 24 Percent of West Antarctic Ice is Unstable

Over the past 25 years, ice has thinned across West Antarctica so rapidly that a quarter of its glacier ice is now affected

COSCO plans several Arctic shipments for 2019

COSCO confirmed its plans to increase transit shipments on the Northern Sea Route

Clean Arctic Alliance calls for reducing shipping black carbon impacts on Arctic

The Clean Arctic Alliance urged the IMO Member States to reduce the impact of black carbon emissions from international shipping on the Arctic environment.

USCG’s next icebreaker details revealed

The US Coast Guard’s next icebreaker is based on a German research vessel, and is also equipped with a Finnish propulsion design

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